| Scientific Name | Hydnocarpus pentandra (Buch.-Ham.)Oken |
| Trade Name | Marotti |
| Local Name | Marotti, Neerutti |
| Family | Flacourtiaceae |
| Tree Size | Medium to large |
| Tree Height ( m ) | 15 - 30 |
| Tree Diameter ( cm ) | 75 |
| Tree Distribution | West coast tropical evergreen and West coast semi-evergreen forest |
| Sapwood-Heartwood Distinction | Not distinct |
| Sapwood Colour | Yellowish grey |
| Heartwood Colour | Pale brown |
| Hardness | Soft to moderately hard |
| Specific Gravity Based on Weight Over-dry and Volume Green | 0.82 |
| Weight | Light to moderately heavy |
| Weight(Kg)/cubic meter at 12% Moisture Content | 510 |
| Texture | Fine textured |
| Grain | Straight grained |
| Growth Rings | Absent |
| Porosity | Diffuse porous |
| Vessel Size | Small to very small |
| Vessel Arrangement | Solitary and in radial multiples of three to four,often in clusters of four or more |
| Vessel Diameter | 80 - 130 110 |
| Vessel Element Lenght | 1510 - 2390 2390 |
| Perforation | Scalariform with more than 20 bars per plate.End w |
| Pit Outline | Circular to oval |
| Pit Size | Large(10-15 µm),non-vestured |
| Vessel Ray Pitting | Simple with reduced border |
| Ray Nature | Fine to very fine, closely spaced |
| Ray Arrangement/Type | Tall and vertically fused.The biseriated portion has the same width as the uniseriate portion. Heterogeneous with the uniceriate portion made up of square and upright cells and biseriate portion made up of procumbent cells. Rhomboidal crystals present in |
| Ray Number | 8 - 10 |
| Ray Height | 1250 - 2460 1690 |
| Fibre Walls | Thick walled,septate; with minute pits on radial walls |
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| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Green) | |
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| Uses | Packing cases and boxes, match splints and temporary construction. |
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